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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a member of the faculty at Bowdoin College, wrote to Josiah Pierce of Gorham, a member of the Maine Senate, seeking reports on the state prison at Thomaston for a Prussian official.
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About This Item
- Title: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Josiah Pierce, 1835
- Creator: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Creation Date: 1835-02-19
- Subject Date: 1835
- Location: Thomaston, Knox County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 4210
- Collection: Pierce family collection
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Letters
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Correspondence
- Pierce, Josiah, 1792-1866--Correspondence
- Prisons--Maine--Thomaston
- Legislators--Maine
- Jails--Maine--Thomaston
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